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CVE-2002-0838

Buffer overflow in (1) gv 3.5.8 and earlier, (2) gvv 1.0.2 and earlier, (3) ggv 1.99.90 and earlier, (4) gnome-gv, and (5) kghostview in kde

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Summary

Buffer overflow in (1) gv 3.5.8 and earlier, (2) gvv 1.0.2 and earlier, (3) ggv 1.99.90 and earlier, (4) gnome-gv, and (5) kghostview in kdegraphics 2.2.2 and earlier, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed (a) PDF or (b) PostScript file, which is processed by an unsafe call to sscanf.

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-21871, EDB-21872

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 20

debian.org

mandriva.com

kde.org

ftp.caldera.com

distro.conectiva.com.br

marc.info

securityfocus.com

iss.net

redhat.com

kb.cert.org

sunsolve.sun.com

Exploit-DB